What Is Considered Half-Time or Full-Time?

What Will Be Adjusted in the Cost of Attendance?

If a student does not enroll full-time, the following components will be adjusted
in their financial aid cost of attendance based on enrolled hours. These will
be adjusted to the “cost per credit hour” multiplied by enrolled credit hours.

University tuition

College tuition

University fees

Books and supplies

Transportation

Personal expenses are only adjusted if a student’s enrollment is below half-time
(less than six hours for undergraduates; less than four hours for graduates during
fall/spring). If enrollment is above half-time, the personal expenses component
of the financial aid COA remains the same. If enrollment is below half-time, personal
expenses are adjusted to $0.

Room and meals estimates within the COA are not adjusted, even if a student is only
enrolled in one credit hour. They will have full-time room and meals estimates.

What Will Be Adjusted in the Financial Aid?

Financial aid may need to be adjusted to fit within the reduced cost of attendance
or reduced financial need. Financial aid cannot exceed a student’s cost of attendance.

In addition, financial aid programs have their own enrollment requirements:

Scholarships

Institutional scholarships require full-time enrollment. Institutional scholarships
can only disburse for less than full-time enrollment if the student is in their
last semester, in which case it will disburse as long as they are enrolled at
least half-time.

The PROMISE Scholarship requires full-time enrollment. It can only disburse for
less than full-time enrollment if the student is in their last two semesters
of eligibility.

Grants

The Federal PELL Grant and the Federal TEACH Grant disburse at a prorated amount
per credit hour.
For example, a full-time student may receive the full amount, but a student enrolled
in six credit hours would receive a reduced amount.

The Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant will not disburse if the student
is enrolled less than half-time.

The West Virginia Higher Education Grant will not disburse unless a student is
enrolled full-time.

The Mountaineer Connection Grant will not disburse unless a student is enrolled
full-time.

The WV HEAPS Grant will only disburse if a student is enrolled
less than full-time.

Federal Work-Study

If a student is enrolled less than half-time, federal work-study must be canceled.